Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – It may be a sign that I’ve been an expatriate too long (or long enough) that the word “football” means soccer to me – as it is internationally known. For better or worse being American comes with a lot of stereotypes, and although I wouldn’t change where I’m from, [...]
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Since the beginning of The Rio Times (and The Gringo Times for those who remember), we have had a mission of being; pro-Brazil, pro-gringo and pro-business. The first is a point of being pro-Brazil because it is easy to criticize a place as being different from where you are [...]
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The attack on the foreign tourist couple that were riding in a passenger van in Rio over the weekend is a horrendous, terrible story that has shocked the world and outraged locals who use the vans to navigate the city. There are two elements that add context to the [...]
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The term ‘latest’ seems better fitting than ‘new’ as the latter implies it will exist for some duration, as opposed to the latest of continuous changes. Reflecting on what is brewing this month, it seems Brazil, Rio and The Rio Times are all working out their latest plans of [...]
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Here comes the Águas de Março (Waters of March, or March Rains), and the summer stretch is coming to an end. Daylight Savings Time in Brazil already happened on February 16th, and in the Northern Hemisphere it will be March 10th, making it just a one hour time difference [...]
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Carnival may be over but it came so early this year there is still a bit of “summer” to go. Summer in Brazil, being the Southern Hemisphere, is generally December to February – and we just had the Daylight Savings Time change also – but the forecast remains 35° [...]
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – We are right in the middle of it, looking around us in all directions we see change, hardship and success, failure – and anticipation. The most fun to mull on is we are in the middle of the summer period between Ano Novo (New Years) and Carnival. The last [...]
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This is our 200th Weekly Online edition with our reporters working and writing over the weekend, and our editing team (mainly me) working Sundays through Tuesdays to get our best and most current news out for Wednesday morning. For two hundred weeks we’ve managed to get this done rain [...]
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – As usual the idea of another year having come and gone so quickly is hard to believe. We are looking forward to 2013 though, and everything that comes with it for the city of Rio de Janeiro. First off is Carnival, the way we kick off a new year [...]
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – It is time to celebrate, 2013 is ready to get started and as the final weeks of 2012 wind down, we get to pile on some Christmas and New Years cheer. This year both holidays happen to be on Tuesday (or Monday night) – which means The Rio Times [...]
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